Inspirations from France!

Posted on January 6, 2013 by Luana

As you read this I am flying home from my week in France, and a wonderful excursion among some of the textile wonders of the world!

One thing I really love about Paris is that you always find costume exhibits alongside the art exhibits.

Currently at the Museum of Decorative Arts, you will find the Fashioning Fashion exhibit, showing the history of fashion from 1700 – 1915. (This is a museum in the Louvre complex)

At the D'Orsay Museum there is currently an exhibit of costumes seen in Impressionist paintings.

I also saw opera and ballet costumes on display at the Garnier Opera House – although apparently I just missed an exhibit of Christian Lacroix costumes there.

Last weekend I had a wonderful time at the Lyon textile museum, viewing several centuries of silk weaving and textile history.

One thing's for certain – the love of fabric and embellishment has been going on for a long time! It doesn't take a fabric-lover to gasp in amazement at the most exquisitely-rendered textile masterpieces of the last few centuries.

I got several comments about the midweek Creative Nudge, regarding plagiarizing vs. inspiration. When I came into the quilt industry from the fashion industry, and from a background in fine arts, I was surprised at how proprietary quilters are about their work. In the art world, and the fashion world, it is a given that everything has been done before, but what's new is how things are recombined and recreated. I was shocked when I heard a story about someone copyrighting a historic quilt block, and suing others who then tried to work with this historic block.

The more you study art, the more you see how artists inspire each other through the ages. You can be inspired by a neighbor's work from last week, or you can be inspired by a French artist 200 years ago. There is nothing wrong with being inspired by another's work. In fact most of us are unconsciously inspired by generations of viewing art and quilts and fashion and design… and after washing around in the brain for awhile we spit it out in a new combination that looks new to us…and everyone else.

Study art history, and you'll read about the lineage of artistic inspiration. Every artist had a mentor who influenced the student's work, and even when the great genius artists created a new style, they were inspired by other artists or art forms. We keep inventing new ways of seeing, new ways of expressing, and new ways of naming our art. In this age where we are bombarded by more images and more information than ever before in the history of mankind, we set ourselves apart by creating a new way of combining colors and rendering motifs. In a time when recycled art is a huge trend, those of us clinging to rigid ideas about copyright should consider the magnitude of all-that-is in the mega-reality of digital images stored in the giant database of the internet. Creative people don't copy – they re-imagine an inspiration and make it their own.

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Creative Nudge – Vincent’s Footsteps

Posted on January 2, 2013 by Luana

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I've been on a pilgrimage of sorts –
visiting Arles, France where Vincent Van Gogh spent some of his last years, and
where he created many of his most popular works, including his
Sunflowers.

Here I am where he painted the Cafe Terrace
at Night, and I also visited the hospital where he stayed seeking a cure,
and where he painted in the courtyard. I stood on the river embankment where he
painted Starry Night over the Rhone, and I visited where The Yellow House used
to stand. (where he lived in Arles)

Many consider Van
Gogh's time in Arles to be the most creative of his career. Many of Van
Gogh's best known works were produced during his time in this town in Provence.

Here you see the dark swirling cypress trees, the the misty twirls of
translucent low-hanging clouds, and the golden light and pink atmospheric skies
that must have inspired Vincent to paint the that special quality of Light in
Arles.

Many of his paintings have not been seen in the west, because they
hang in Moscow at the Hermitage or the Pushkin
Museum. I noticed several unfamiliar Van Gogh paintings on the postcard
racks in Arles, and discovered that they hang in Russia!

Tomorrow I'll go
to see more of his work at the
D'Orsay Museum in Paris, and when I return home to Denver I'll see the Van
Gogh exhibit at the Denver Art Museum.

I didn't realise til this week,
that Van Gogh was influenced by Japanese Ukiyo-e woodcut prints. He mentions
Japan more than a hundred times in dozens of his letters to friends and family.

Japonaiserie was the term Van Gogh used to express the influence of
Japanese art. Impressionist artists such as Manet, Degas and Monet, followed
by Van Gogh, began to collect the colored wood-block prints called ukiyo-e.
There are more than 400 wood block prints in the collection of Vincent and Theo.
(now with the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam) Once you realise the Japanese
influence, you find it obvious in his work.

Trends and influences all
seem to move in spirals: they go through a cycle, and make a big circle before
arriving in the same, but somehow a new and different place. Artists are
inspired by the work of others, and then their reinterpretation will serve as an
inspiration for someone else in the future. And so it goes….

I wish you
a Happy New Year brimming with inspiration and creativity. Don't be afraid to
take the inspiration from another artist, because some day your work may light
the way for another creative seeker. We are all following on this path together.
The separation of time and space are only an illusion. The passion we feel for
color and design is Universal, and we feel it just as strongly today, as Vincent
did 125 years ago.

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Creative Nudge – Magic of the Holidays

Posted on December 26, 2012 by Luana

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Here in Boulder, we actually had a true Christmas Morning "White Christmas"!

It snowed overnight, and the sun came up on a pristine and sparkling landscape.
When Mason and his friend
came to our house bearing packages in the morning light, their
footsteps were first to break the sheet of white that enveloped our
neighborhood.

There is something about waking up on a holiday to a fresh blanket of snow and a blue sky, that is so magical and peaceful.

During the holiday season, I always try to find a time to contemplate my
goals for the coming year.
As we clean our kitchens after the big holiday meals, and perhaps have a
moment to sit with a cup of tea and a calendar, those of us who love to
sew are starting to think about our goals for 2013.

Is this the year you will go on a creative retreat? Is this the year you
will enter a quilt in a show or a contest? Is this the year you will
sew a very special bed quilt for someone getting married, or a wall
hanging to celebrate an anniversary?

Perhaps this is the year that you start to design your own quilts.

Maybe this year you'll take your creativity in a new direction – making wearable art perhaps?

Could this be the year that you send in photos of your quilts to a magazine, with the hopes of seeing your work published?

Perhaps you will start to teach in a local quilt shop, or start a sewing group at a nearby school?

Many of you are thinking about contributing to our Sandy Hook Memorial Quilt Project, and you can read our recent developments on my blog, and network with others on our Piecing for Peace page on Facebook.

So many of you are making and sending quilts for our huge Hurricane Sandy quilt relief effort – to get warm quilts to 5000 people who lost their homes and possessions.

I am still thinking about my trip to Guatemala, and the quilts we gave to the elders and the children who had nothing.

We are so blessed to be able to think about our sewing projects for the
coming year.
The joy of working with color, design and fabric is a simple pleasure
that brings us inner peace, healing, and an opportunity to share our
passion with others.

I feel so lucky to have found this art and craft – don't you?

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Piecing for Peace – Sandy Hook Memorial Quilt Project

Posted on December 22, 2012 by Luana

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Many thanks to everyone who wrote in to give us their ideas about a Sandy Hook Elementary Memorial Quilt project.

There are as many different ideas as there are people interested in helping!

Recognizing that we can't be all things to all people, we have set up a Facebook page so we can network, with a suggested set of guidelines for this project.
We already have a longarm quilter looking for a quilt group who can make a quilt top, for her to finish.

I am posting links on this Facebook page for fundraisers to help the victims, if you wish to donate money to the families. You don't have to be a member of Facebook to view this page!

I do not want to set up another comfort quilt drive sending masses of bed quilts to Newtown.
These people did not lose their possessions like the victims of Hurricane Sandy.
Our quilt relief effort for hurricane victims on the east coast must continue because these are tens of thousands of people who have lost their homes and possessions and need to keep warm for the winter.
Many sincere thanks to all of you who are donating to this disaster relief effort.

The families of Sandy Hook Elementary now are inundated with media,
memorials of candles and stuffed animals, curious onlookers and traffic
gridlock, donated packages and pillowcases.

As someone who has experienced losing a child, I can tell you that none of this is what those families need.
They need time, and a quiet space to grieve.
We can't just rush in and fix it for them, no matter how sincerely we wish to help.

You've written in that the quilts *should* include photos of the
children, and also that the should *not* have photos of the children.
I think each quilt group should decide this for themselves.

A few have written that they don't think the names should be on the
memorial quilt, lest it remind the family of what happened.
Seeing the names is actually a comfort for those viewing a memorial.
Think of the AIDS quilt, the 9/11 quilt, the Vietnam Memorial Wall…
have you ever seen someone tracing the name of their lost loved one on a
memorial? Remembering the name, the life, of those lost is a comfort
to the families.
This list of Sandy Hook names is already posted on our Facebook project page – "Piecing for Peace".

You've suggested handprints, hearts, doves and butterflies as themes and motifs.
Yes!

You've suggested including things that have meaning to the person who was lost.
A favorite color, hobby, etc.
This information is easily found searching online.
We have seen many articles with bios on each of the 26 lost at Sandy Hook Elementary.

We are going to pursue our connections in the Newtown area, and we are
also receiving messages from customers and friends in the community who
wish to connect us to school and community leaders.
As time unfolds, and you all move towards completing these group
memorial quilts, we will have a plan to present the quilts in Newtown.
We are open to anyone in the community there who wishes to work with us
long term.

Remember, we are looking for quality, not quantity.
Take your time and make every stitch a prayer, a hug, full of love and healing.
Each group quilt represents a community that has come together to unconditionally support the Sandy Hook Elementary community.

Possible dates for memorial quilt presentations are the end of this
school year (May 2013), the start of the next school year (Sept 2013)
and the one year anniversary.
(Dec 14, 2013) We may well give quilts on all 3 of these dates.

I'd like to suggest that you come together as groups, have one person do
one very special block for each of the Sandy Hook Elementary victims,
and then they will be joined together in a memorial quilt that can be
presented to teachers, families at Sandy Hook, community centers such as
the churches in Newtown, and also for the first responders.

As you organize into groups or round robins, and you all choose a name
from Sandy Hook Elementary to do a block, lets all take a deep breath
and know that there is NO rush on this, because this community, and
these families, will need tons of love and support for YEARS to come.
Take your time and make each block a MASTERPIECE of love, honoring the
life lost.

Art quilters are welcome to create blocks and contribute to this effort.
Use any and all creative techniques: piecing, applique, embroidery,
painting, photo transfer…it is a great opportunity to express your
greatest fiber art talents! As your group chooses a size for each block,
think about 26 blocks, plus one large panel (the size of 4 blocks) that
could have the school name, the event date, and a message of hope and
healing.
This adds up to a quilt of 30 block size ( 26 blocks plus 4xblock
panel).
You'll see what I mean when I post a few layout ideas.
This means the quilt could be 5 rows across by 6 rows down, for
instance.

I will work on a couple quilt design layout ideas for you this weekend.
I've been a little tied up with Mason graduating from college, Sam down
with a 103 degree fever, holidays and a trip next week, not to mention
kitties taking turns at the vet.
I posted photos from graduation on my photo page and Facebook.
We are very proud of Mason and his accomplishments!

Whether you are finishing Hanukkah, or preparing for Christmas or
Kwanzaa…we wish you a blessed holiday season with your loved ones.
Here in Boulder we are expecting a White Christmas!

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Sandy Hook Names & Piecing for Peace

Posted on December 20, 2012 by Luana

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http://www.facebook.com/PiecingForPeace

Dear Friends,
Here is the list of Sandy Hook Elementary names, as
requested.

Charlotte Bacon, 6
Daniel Barden, 7
Olivia Engel,
6
Josephine Gay, 7
Dylan Hockley, 6
Madeleine F. Hsu, 6
Catherine V.
Hubbard, 6
Chase Kowalski, 7
Jesse Lewis, 6
Ana Marquez-Greene,
6
James Mattioli, 6
Grace Audrey McDonnell, 7
Emilie Parker, 6
Jack
Pinto, 6
Noah Pozner, 6
Caroline Previdi, 6
Jessica Rekos, 6
Avielle
Richman, 6
Benjamin Wheeler, 6
Allison Wyatt, 6
Rachel Marie D'Avino,
29
Dawn Lafferty Hochsprung, 47
Anne Marie Murphy, 52
Lauren Rousseau,
30
Mary Sherlach, 56
Victoria (Vicki Leigh) Soto, 27

The following
two pages, from the Wall Street Journal and CNN, had nice
write ups about
everyone (there is a little overlap).

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324481204578181244231543014.html

http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/15/us/connecticut-shooting-victims/index.html

We
have also compared spelling between the two and they are the same except
for
Ms. Soto who is referred to as Victoria on one site and Vicki Leigh on
the
other.

Many thanks to Hallie who put together this list today.

 

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Newtown Memorial Quilts

Posted on December 20, 2012 by Luana

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Two weeks ago I was in a mountain village in Guatemala,
visiting the indigenous Mayans in their simple homes, and admiring the
beautiful textiles and embroideries they create on their front porches
with simple handlooms.

The village shaman – a beautiful woman around my age – was our guide as we visited the Mayan ruins of Iximche.

Iximche was the capital of the Kaqchikel Maya kingdom from 1470 until
its abandonment in 1524, and this archaeological site includes several
pyramid-temples, palaces and two Mesoamerican ballcourts.

(The photo above shows a huge tree growing on top of one of the pyramid ruins.)

As you may have suspected, the world is not coming to an end this Friday.
It is just the end of one huge cycle on the Mayan calendar, and the beginning of a new huge calendar.
Besides, it can't be the end of the world: our eldest son Mason is graduating from college on Friday!

I've spent the week thinking about how each day is a gift, and how life
really does whiz by too fast.
I distinctly remember complaining about how fast Mason was growing when
he was a preschooler, and then joking – "The next thing you know, he'll
be graduating from college! Haha!" – and now this day has come.

Saturday is also the 17th anniversary of the loss of our daughter Hanna, who inspired our charity program which has raised over $1 million for those in need.
On the day we lost her, even in the depths of my grief, I swore that somehow, something good would come of that loss.

So now we are all struggling with the great loss in Newtown, even as our quilt relief efforts for Hurricane Sandy are reaching a great volume.

As so many of you are making comfort quilts and bed quilts for those who lost everything in Hurricane Sandy, I also know many of you are yearning to honor the loss of the 26 in Newtown.

Here's my challenge.

Lets make beautiful memorial wall-hanging quilts for the families in Sandy Hook Elementary.

Here at eQuilter we are talking about making a group quilt for Newtown.

I propose that quilt guilds, church quilt groups, school art projects
and art quilt groups start to organize to make works of art that can
hang in the school, the classrooms, and the homes of those families…
to honor and remember the children and adults who were lost.
If we have enough, we'd like to get them out to the first responders
too, and the churches where the community has gathered to try to make
sense of this great loss.

One idea is a handprint and an embroidered name for each child or teacher, on each of the 26 blocks.

Each quilt will have 26 blocks – each with the name of one person – and also one central block with:
Sandy Hook Elementary School
December 14, 2012
* We Will Never Forget *

I will post a couple quilt design ideas for you.
I will use my
connections to have the finished quilts delivered directly to families
and staff at the school, and others directly affected by the event.

We have had many emails offering to send comfort quilts which I presume
are more like lap quilts or bed quilts, but I want to remind you that
that folks on the east coast, who are facing the winter after losing their homes and possessions to Hurricane Sandy, are still in dire need of quilts to keep them warm.

For Newtown I'd like to invite you to get together as groups, make very
special pieced – embellished – embroidered – memorial quilts with a
message of peace and hope that can hang on a wall to inspire and comfort on an emotional and spiritual level for years to come.

Give that some thought.
Write to us with your ideas.
We'll polish the details and post a page for this new project on the weekend in our next newsletter.

Thank you for your thoughtful and heartfelt comments, as we all contemplate what we can do to help support and heal the broken hearts in Newtown.

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Grief, Loss, Love and Healing

Posted on December 15, 2012 by Luana

We can't pretend like this week's events in Newtown didn't happen, so I will just say that in addition to the
large volume of quilts we are trying to get to thousands of Hurricane Sandy victims
on the east coast, if you really want to make a super special healing
quilt for the families affected in Newtown, I will make sure that your
special comfort quilts get to one of those families in that school.

In the meantime, my connections on the East Coast write to me that
they are afraid that people are going to forget about the hurricane victims
there.
They write to me that in the worst affected areas, it is like living in a
war zone, and they can't imagine how long it will take for these tens
of thousands of people to have their lives back to "normal".

I am already hearing from quilters who've donated to our Hurricane Sandy effort, that they've heard back from the recipients.
Thomas
in Kansas wrote: "Sent mine to New Jersey, and even heard back from a tearful recipient who called me.
We were both crying over the phone.
She is elderly with sick husband.
They lost everything, even pots and pans.
I've made a friend for life."

In this season of giving, if your heart is yearning to help someone who
has suffered great loss in the last few months, we will help to get your
donated comfort quilt to someone who is suffering.

We can't guarantee that you'll hear from the recipient, but if you
put your name and contact info on a label on the back, and especially if you include a message of comfort and healing, it is more likely you'll hear from someone if they have the means to communicate.
We are grateful for all the quilters and guilds who have given unconditionally to this relief project.

One friend told me that since the power was out for so long after the
hurricane, and since so many pay their phone bill over the internet,
many were unable to pay their bill and then their phone service was cut
off! So not everyone has the means to communicate in those areas.

I am grateful that we can
stay in touch with so many of our friends and customers around the world.

If you wish to contribute to our
massive quilt relief project on the east coast,
please read our guidelines here carefully.

If you feel you want to make or donate a very special comfort and
healing quilt for Newtown, just email your name and contact info to
customer service this week and we'll let you know our plans in the near
future.
We are looking for quality, not quantity, for Newtown.

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Creative Nudge – Planting Seeds of Love

Posted on December 11, 2012 by Luana

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Giving and receiving are two
halves of the same circle.
There are times when we are able to give to those in need, and there are
times when should open up and receive the help that is offered.
That is the spiral of life – the the breath going in and out – like each
heartbeat – and like the turning of the seasons.

There were times in my life that I was very much in need of help, and
fortunately I was able to open up and receive when others recognized my
loss and offered to give.
There are other times in life when I can respond and give when I see
others in need.
Some day I will need help again.

One thing I have learned is that it is equally important to know how to give, AND to be able to receive.
When someone offers a gift, or a helping hand, we are completing a circle of healing by saying "yes".

When we are moved to give, and we follow our heart, sometimes we receive the greatest gift by giving selflessly.

I have seen this last week in Guatemala when a team of 13 people donated
the gift of their time, and their caring, with no thought of
compensation.
The gift we received was that we felt more alive, more blessed, more
appreciative of what we have in our lives.

The joy in the faces of the children and the elderly who received donated quilts, was the kind of priceless gift that is beyond words.
I will never ever forget the tears of joy in the eyes of those who treasured the gift from a stranger.

As the quilts come pouring in for Hurricane Sandy victims, I know those who give benefit as much as those who receive.
There is nothing like giving a beautiful quilt, and knowing how much comfort and joy it will bring to its new owner.

As you make your handmade gifts for the holidays, and as you put a
little piece of your heart and soul in every stitch, it is like planting
seeds of love that will grow into a garden of peace and healing.

Like Johnny Appleseed, we travel through life planting these seeds of
love, and we can only dream of the orchards that will bear fruit for
future generations ….
as we give away our beautiful quilts to loved ones, and strangers, in
the holiday season.

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Quilts for Guatemala, Hurricane Sandy and Colorado Fires

Posted on December 9, 2012 by Luana

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Quilters know that the
holiday season is all about GIVING...that's what we do best!

Between
our Hurricane Sandy
Quilt Relief project, and my trip to support eQuilter's charity Mission of Love in Guatemala this week,
I am appreciating the smiles and warmth that your quilts are
sharing.

Last weekend 350 of
your donated quilts were distributed to Sandy victims in New Jersey, and
this week I helped to distribute dozens of
quilts to children in Guatemala. (donated to Mission of Love by Sue Jerin and her
friends in Ohio – thanks!)

If you read my midweek Creative Nudge
newsletter, you know that I got to sit in on an entire cleft lip surgery up
close, and was looking in on cleft palate surgeries as well. Kathy Price really
wanted me to see the work that eQuilter has
supported all these years – and spending these 3 days with Mission of Love in Guatemala was
bittersweet to say the least.

On Sunday we gave a quilt to each of the
children who had come hoping for a surgery, and on Tuesday we brought quilts to
an orphanage in a mountain village. Twenty-five orphans were each wrapped in
their very own quilt, and given lots of love and hugs from our group. There were
many tears – from both the kids and the volunteer team – and I know at least a
couple people there started thinking about overseas adoption.

If you've
ever been to a developing country, and witnessed the grinding relentless poverty
experienced by people living in shantytowns and dirt-floor shacks, you have
doubtless felt the same emotions that I have: feeling very lucky to live in a
developed country, and feeling like you must do something to help the children
and elderly who are affected the most.

As I stood in a tiny one-room
"home" with a dirt floor and patched plastic-and-tin roof, and wrapped the
resident in a beautiful donated quilt, I gave thanks that I've found myself in a
job that allows me to connect wonderful generous quilters with those who are in
such desperate need. It is truly a blessing to have the opportunity to be the
intermediary…and be able to tell the story to those who
wish to listen.

I am editing down my 3000 photos to a few hundred
that I am sharing on my photo
page, so you can walk into those homes with me and see what we are doing
together. If you feel compelled to have a similar experience, go to the Mission of Love website and check out
the other mission trips scheduled for the coming year.

We also finished
distributing
the last few quilts for Colorado Fire victims this last week, and now we
will put all our energy into helping those on the East Coast who are facing a bleak holiday
season after Hurricane Sandy.

Are any of you submitting quilts to Sacred Threads
next year? I am! The submission time is coming up soon, so take a look at
their guidelines.

My sincere and humble thanks to Kathy
Price, and the team of surgeons, nurses and volunteers who help Mission of Love on this and all of
their mission trips.

Be sure to check out the 6 Guatemalan
handloomed ikats that I picked out at the market in Guatemala City. I
hand-carried them back Weds and they will be gone in a flash. YUMMY!

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Creative Nudge – Guatemalan Mission

Posted on December 4, 2012 by Luana

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I have just completed my 3rd
day in Guatemala, and it feels like I have been here for a week! I am
here with one of our charities – Mission of Love – and the director Kathy Price who has organized a weeklong cleft palate/lip surgery mission in Guatemala City.

A team of surgeons and nurses flew in on Saturday, and we got to work on
Sunday, doing the assessments of all the children who came to the
Metropolitan Hospital hoping for a corrective surgery, and distributing
quilts and clothes to all the families.
I think everyone who came hoping for a surgery, is getting one this
week.
The children range from 2 months old to 18 years old.
Some have cleft palates, some have cleft lips, and a few have both.

I have posted 93 photos of the children on my photo page,
and tomorrow morning I'll be posting more photos from this trip.
Monday the surgeries started, and I was able to sit in on one entire
cleft lip surgery, (up close and personal) and also was in and out on a
few more cleft palate corrective operations.
The most rewarding thing is to see the parents' faces when they first
see their child after the surgery.

Tuesday we drove up into the hill country, to a small mountain town
called TecPan.
Up above the town is Way-Bi, where a children's hospice is being built.
We also visited a poor Mayan home where 3 generations of women were
weaving and embroidering the distinctive traditional Mayan textiles.
(see photo above)

After lunch we visited Mayan ruins, then went on a drive around the
community to check in on elderly Mayans who were living in extreme
poverty, and had nobody to help them with their medical issues.
Our team gave quilts to each of the elderly shut-ins, and arranged for
new hearing aid batteries, a new mattress, and some pain meds.
I will write about this in more detail on my blog as soon as possible.

On the way home we saw a group of about 50 Mayan village women gathered
in a field, and stopped to take a photo.
We ended up in the local shaman's yard taking a group photo! Then we
went to the local orphanage and wrapped each child in a new quilt.

It has been an amazing trip, and I am going to sort through what happened and write more about the experience.
Tomorrow I fly home, so I'll dash this off for now.
Be sure to check out my photos of the children at the hospital.

Are you starting to think about your creative goals for 2013? Feel free to share your thoughts here on my blog.

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